I Am A Medical Professional ?

Deciding to do medicine with a view to life as a doctor seems a pretty definitive career choice. That is, until you pose the question to yourself: “Well, what type of doctor do I actually want to be?” becomes the source of many a sleepless night and mini-existential...

Bad enough as studying an ever bewildering array of diseases is, contracting the rare and debilitating condition currently under revision would be far worse. Oh, the irony! – Epitaph of the medical student struck down in his/her prime by a pathology being studied for...

Deciding to do medicine with a view to life as a doctor seems a pretty definitive career choice. That is, until you pose the question to yourself: “Well, what type of doctor do I actually want to be?” becomes the source of many a sleepless night and mini-existential...

Just as chickens assert dominance with the beak, the medical student is reminded of his/her place upon the hospital “pecking order” by being routinely ignored. The memory of halcyon days spent reclining in lecture halls, the comforting warmth of coffee in hand, only...

My first dressing-down by a consultant in front of an entire team wasn’t so bad. At the time it was mortifying, but I got over that and actually learned a valuable lesson. I have come to think of the outburst as more of an impassioned – if somewhat strongly-worded –...